Archive for June 20th, 2007
Chipper Jones goes out again with injury (AP)
Braves third baseman Chipper Jones is hurting again. The injury plagued Jones left after the sixth inning because of an ailing groin in Atlanta’s 11-0 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night. “It was hurting,” said manager Bobby Cox, who wasn’t sure if the slugger will miss any games. Jones, hitting .323 with […]
Posted: June 20th, 2007.
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Dodgers RHP Schmidt has season-ending surgery
Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Jason Schmidt had season-ending shoulder surgery on Wednesday and is not expected to return until spring training 2008. “We knew he hadn’t been throwing well,” general manager Ned Colletti said. “It’s been a concern for a few starts. Obviously it’s a disappointment. We’ll just have to figure out how to make […]
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Blue Jays 12, Dodgers 1
Frank Thomas was in no mood to hear any more boos.
There was no danger of that after his grand slam - and 497th career homer - in Toronto’s 12-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night.
The night before, the designated hitter was jeered by Toronto fans after popping out in his final at-bat […]
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Tigers 8, Nationals 4
During the Detroit Tigers’ three days in Washington, a half-dozen players went to Capitol Hill, while Justin Verlander got to spend 20 minutes with President Bush in the Oval Office.
Exciting? Sure. But that’s nothing compared to what they did with their bats.
Considering they were strangers to the nation’s capital, the Tigers sure made themselves at […]
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Rockies 6, Yankees 1 (AP)
Jeff Francis struck out a career-best nine in seven solid innings, and Matt Holliday homered and drove in three runs to lead the Colorado Rockies past the New York Yankees 6-1 on Wednesday night. By taking the first two games, the Rockies won a club record sixth straight series and improved to 8-0-1 in their […]
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Rangers RF Byrd leaves game with knee injury (PA SportsTicker)
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Sosa becomes fifth player in 600-homer club (AP)
Sammy Sosa’s 600th homer resembled so many that came before — except this time the Chicago Cubs were on the other side. Playing for the Texas Rangers after a year out of baseball, Sosa became the fifth member of the 600-homer club Wednesday night when he connected against his former team. After driving a 1-2 […]
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Red Sox 11, Braves 0 (AP)
Julian Tavarez pitched seven scoreless innings, switching to cruise control after the Boston Red Sox homered three times in the first two innings on the way to routing the Atlanta Braves 11-0 on Wednesday night. J.D. Drew drove the fourth pitch of the game into the center-field seats, a sign of things to come for […]
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Twins 6, Mets 2 (AP)
Torii Hunter hit a two-run homer and Scott Baker pitched five effective innings to help the Minnesota Twins beat the New York Mets 6-2 on Wednesday night. Joe Mauer also drove in two runs for Minnesota, which won two of three in its first series at Shea Stadium since 2002. Johan Santana tossed a four-hitter […]
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Rangers OF Sosa hits 600th home run (PA SportsTicker)
Sammy Sosa became the fifth player in major league history to reach 600 career home runs Wednesday.
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Posted: June 20th, 2007.
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